The fires in Alberta have posed a particularly awkward dilemma for a campaigning Danielle Smith
, the wildfire situation has forced her into territory her United Conservative Party campaign team surely never planned to enter. Now, she is awkwardly having to toggle back and forth between disaster response and criticizing her NDP opponents.
In British Columbia, the coming heat prompted reporter Justine Hunter to check back on the progress of lessons learned since the deadly 2021 heat dome.Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry told Justine there has been progress: Health authorities have installed air conditioning in some long-term care homes and hospitals, and the province has more robust emergency response plans.
But the province’s recently amended building code does not include cooling requirements in new housing construction, andis still studying how to provide air conditioning to those who need it most. Critically, it is still trying to identify those most at risk, based on age, health conditions, financial status and living circumstances.
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